Max and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men and marries them. Page then seduces them, and Max catches her husband in the act. Then it's off to palimony city and the next easy mark.
Sigourney Weaver
Max Conners
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Page Conners
Jason Lee
Jack Withrowe
Gene Hackman
William B. Tensy
Ray Liotta
Dean Cumanno
Anne Bancroft
Gloria Vogal
Stacey Travis
Nurse Gale Grey
Jeffrey Jones
Mr. Appel
Nora Dunn
Miss Madress
Sarah Silverman
Linda
Zach Galifianakis
Bill
Michael Hitchcock
Dr. Arnold Davis
Carrie Fisher
Ms. Surpin
Kevin Nealon
Man at the Bar
Denalda Williams
Davis Maid
Bernadette Birkett
Jack's Mother
Scott Wordham
Parking Valet
Ricky Jay
Dawson's Auctioneer
Julio Oscar Mechoso
Leo
Pierre Gonneau
Priest at First Wedding
Shawn Colvin
Minister at Second Wedding
T.J. Thyne
Bellhop (uncredited)
Patricia Belcher
Hotel Housekeeping Maid
Director
David Mirkin
Screenplay
Paul Guay
Screenplay
Stephen Mazur
Screenplay
Robert Dunn
October 3, 2020
6
Decent watch, probably won't watch again, and can't recommend.
If you liked "The Hustle", "Ocean's 8" (and maybe even "Ocean's Eleven"), then you might really enjoy this. I'm not a big fan of criminal enterprise movies without a great second motivator, so for me, I see this movie as a romantic comedy that does something extra.
As a romantic comedy, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jason Lee do an excellent job at their stop and go romance, with Jason Lee just basically being bemused at the entire situation and JLH kinda of just being mean for most of it.
On the other end of it, while I'm less of a fan, Sigourney Weaver, Gene Hackman, and Ray Liotta play out a must more complicated parallel love story that lends towards the hustle more than any traditional version of love.
This is definitely a romantic comedy that does something different, or a hustle movie that has a special spin to it, but there are other movies that do it as good or better.
I think the key audience for this are people look for female empowerment movies, and this nicely joins that group of movies.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$35,000,000.00
Revenue:
$57,800,000.00